Glen Park School News
Almost Spring
Well its almost spring here at Glen Park and our dozens of bulbs are popping up all over the place.
Read MoreJapan Challenge
This is the twelfth year of the Japan Challenge competition open to school children in the Ballarat area who are studying Japanese as a second language. This is the first…
Read MoreMaho visits
Simone, our LOTE teacher brought along a Japanese student teacher that she has visiting her, Maho from Osaka. She helped us with our language and also our Japanese cooking. We…
Read MorePoint Cook RAAF Museum
Recently we completed a unit on World War Two and we studied Carrie’s War and The Silver Sword. We also studied what led to war and built model aircraft and…
Read MoreWerribee Mansion
What better way to help visualise the lives of characters from Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre than to visit a stately Victorian Manor House and that’s what we did…
Read MoreVisiting Melbourne Zoo
On 26th July we visited Melbourne Zoo as part of our Zoo Excursion Program
Read MoreHot Scones
Wednesday 13th was a freezing day but we were able to spend some time playing in the snow but then went inside to a cosy classroom and some hot jam…
Read MoreAnother snow day
We are being well and truly spoilt this year with snow. On the 13th June we had another big dump of snow at Glen Park over night and we arrived…
Read MoreMCG Tour
We went on an excursion on the 15th July to the Essendon FC training facilities and to the MCG for a tour and some interactive fun.
Read MoreMatilda excursion
On June 15th we went to see Matilda at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. One of our School Council members went with us along with some ex-students who have kept…
Read MoreSnowing at Glen Park
The 458 Spider’s unique hard top doesn’t deform because of the pressure field that builds up at high speeds either. Cabin space and comfort are actually improved thanks to the roof’s double curvature, an element made possible by its aluminium.
Read MoreJapanese LOTE class
This week in our Japanese LOTE class, the kids had a fantastic time making samurai hats. They turned out great! Next term we will be studying Hiragana, numbers to 20…
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